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KENT – A thumb print at a pawn shop led detectives to a burglary suspect accused of taking $15,000 worth of jewelry from a home in March, police said.

Robert Giampaolo, 29, of Kent was charged Wednesday with second-degree burglary, a felony, in the March 16 theft, Police Chief Alex DiVernieri Jr. said Thursday.

Police found few clues at the scene, but Detective Ray Beauchesne learned the jewelry was sold at a Poughkeepsie pawn shop. He went there, got a thumb print and it matched fingerprints of Giampaolo on file, police said.

They said the stolen jewelry had been melted down.

In an unrelated case, Beauchesne charged Steven Finney, 33, of Fishkill with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property on Wednesday.

A resident reported more than $14,000 worth of jewelry missing from her home on Aug. 14. Beauchesne learned that Finney sold the items at various pawn shops and identified him through video obtained from those stores, police said. Most of the jewelry was recovered.

Giampaolo was sent to the Putnam County jail on $5,000 bail; Finney was remanded on $25,000 bail. Both are due in Town Court on Sept. 8.